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NDTV
05-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Arrested Terror Suspect "Big Fish" Bomb Maker, Influenced By Zakir Naik: Andhra Pradesh Cops
Rayachoti: The Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday identified one of the two terror suspects arrested here recently by Tamil Nadu police as a "big fish", with advanced bomb making skills. Kurnool Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Koya Praveen said Abubacker Siddique operated as a lone wolf, providing his terror expertise to those who shared his radical ideology and was influenced by radical fugitive preacher Zakir Naik. "This fellow (Siddique) whom we caught is too big a fish than what we had fellow is too big a fellow, who had travelled all across the length and breadth of this country. Who frequently travelled to the Gulf also, Abubacker Siddique," Praveen told PTI. Recently, Tamil Nadu's Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Siddique and his accomplice Mohammed Ali in Rayachoti in Annamayya district. "Zakir Naik school of thought. He is more of a lone wolf. Ideologically motivated and an expert in making IEDs and electronic devices, timer explosive devices," said Praveen. According to police, Siddique is an expert maker of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), timer explosive devices and other highly lethal materials. Police conducted a fresh round of searches today at the duo's premises, but did not find any explosives. They managed to confiscate some documents and pen drives. Earlier, police recovered daggers, sickles, digital timers, clock switches, speed controllers, ball bearings, nuts and bolts, binoculars, walkie-talkies, mobile phones, and hacking software. They also seized maps of major Indian cities, coding manuals, ISIS-inspired literature, property documents, digital storage devices, cheque books, and financial records linked to suspicious transactions. On July 3, police disposed of a parcel bomb seized from them. After settling in Rayachoti, the DIG noted that Siddique, who is in his mid-50s, had carried out the bomb blast at BJP's Malleshwaram office in Bengaluru. Siddique was allegedly involved in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt during BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's rath yatra in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, among other terror activities.
The Print
05-07-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Arrested terror suspect a ‘big fish' bomb maker, influenced by Zakir Naik: Andhra Police
'This fellow (Siddique) whom we caught is too big a fish than what we had thought…This fellow is too big a fellow, who had travelled all across the length and breadth of this country. Who frequently travelled to the Gulf also, Abubacker Siddique,' Praveen told PTI. Kurnool Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Koya Praveen said Abubacker Siddique operated as a lone wolf, providing his terror expertise to those who shared his radical ideology and was influenced by radical fugitive preacher Zakir Naik. Rayachoti (Andhra Pradesh), Jul 5 (PTI) The Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday identified one of the two terror suspects arrested here recently by Tamil Nadu police as a 'big fish', with advanced bomb making skills. Recently, Tamil Nadu's Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Siddique and his accomplice Mohammed Ali in Rayachoti in Annamayya district. 'Zakir Naik school of thought. He is more of a lone wolf. Ideologically motivated and an expert in making IEDs and electronic devices, timer explosive devices,' said Praveen. According to police, Siddique is an expert maker of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), timer explosive devices and other highly lethal materials. Police conducted a fresh round of searches today at the duo's premises, but did not find any explosives. They managed to confiscate some documents and pen drives. Earlier, police recovered daggers, sickles, digital timers, clock switches, speed controllers, ball bearings, nuts and bolts, binoculars, walkie-talkies, mobile phones, and hacking software. They also seized maps of major Indian cities, coding manuals, ISIS-inspired literature, property documents, digital storage devices, cheque books, and financial records linked to suspicious transactions. On July 3, police disposed of a parcel bomb seized from them. After settling in Rayachoti, the DIG noted that Siddique, who is in his mid-50s, had carried out the bomb blast at BJP's Malleshwaram office in Bengaluru. Siddique was allegedly involved in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt during BJP veteran and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's rath yatra in Tamil Nadu's Madurai, among other terror activities. PTI STH ROH This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Time of India
Andhra Pradesh terror crackdown: Explosives, IEDs seized from homes of Al Ummah operatives; duo linked to major blasts in TN, Kerala, Karnataka
TIRUPATI: Annamayya district police in AP on Thursday seized a large cache of explosives and improvised explosives devices (IEDs) from the residences of two terror suspects, who were arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Tamil Nadu on June 30. Police said the two terror suspects are affiliates of terrorist organization Al Ummah. Kurnool DIG Koya Praveen and Annamayya SP Vidyasagar Naidu said on Thursday that the two suspects - Abubacker Siddique and Mohammed Ali - had shifted base to Rayachoti and were living there for the last two decades with different aliases, Amanullah and Mansoor, respectively. They were involved in multiple terror acts in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. However, they remained elusive for the last two decades. Abubacker Siddique and Mohammed Ali carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh each. A native of Nagore in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, Abubacker is a key accused in several high profile terror cases, police said, adding that he was involved in the 1995 blast at Hindu Munnani office in Chintadripet, and the 1995 parcel bomb explosion at Nagore in which one Thangam Muthukrishnan was killed. "He was involved in the pipe bomb attempt during former deputy prime minister LK Advani's rath yatra in Madurai in 2011. Abubacker is also a suspect in the murder of Dr Aravind Reddy in Vellore in 2012 and in the blast at the BJP office in Bengaluru in 2013," police said. The other suspect, Mohammed Ali, is said to an explosives expert and is also an accused in the coordinated blasts targeting police facilities in TN and Kerala in 1999.
The Hindu
02-07-2025
- The Hindu
Abubacker Siddique, kingpin of 2013 Malleswaram BJP office blast, arrested by T.N. police
The Tamil Nadu police, on Tuesday, arrested Abubacker Siddique, 60, in Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, who was reportedly the kingpin of the bomb blast in front of the BJP head office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, in 2013. He was absconding for over 30 years. The police said that he is a member of Al Umma, a Tamil Nadu-based organisation, which was banned after a pipe bomb attack on veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani in Coimbatore in 1998. On April 17, 2023, a time bomb placed on an old bike exploded in front of the BJP office, injuring a total of 17, including a college-going girl, who sustained severe injuries to her leg. The Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru city police, which investigated the case, unearthed a terror module allegedly put together by Abubacker Siddique from the remnants of Al Umma. The organisation was known to target only Hindutva activists, organisations and establishments. 'The bike on which the time bomb was placed led us to a used bike dealer in Tamil Nadu, who gave the number of one of those who bought the said bike. The SIM card was also stolen. But using technical analysis, we made the first arrests, and their interrogation led us to unravel the entire module,' a senior police official involved in the probe into the blast recalled. Tamil Nadu police were probing a series of targeted murders of Hindutva activists in the State in 2013, when the bomb blast happened in front of the BJP office in Bengaluru. The same module busted by the city police turned out to be behind those cases as well. Following the initial arrests, including that of Kichan Buhari, one of the key conspirators, three other key accused in the case - Panna Ismail, Police Fakruddin and Bilal Mallik - were arrested after a fierce gun battle in which an accused and a police officer were injured in Puttur, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. Panna Ismail had parked the explosive-laden bike in front of the BJP office, the police said. 'Their interrogation revealed that the leader of the module, who had put it together, was Abubacker Siddique, who had been on the run since 1995. Siddique was a shadowy figure, known to be very radicalised. There were many alarming reports about him. Some reports even suggested that it was linked to Al Qaeda and is said to have gone and fought in the Afghan war against American forces post 9/11. All efforts to nab him did not yield any results,' a senior police official from the State, who pursued the elusive terror operative for many years, said. Abubacker Siddique has been listed as an absconding accused in the BJP office blast case chargesheet. The officials said that the city police will shortly move the court to seek his custody in the case.
India Today
01-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Terrorist behind 2011 LK Advani Madurai pipe-bomb plot held after 30 years on run
Tamil Nadu's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested terrorist Abubacker Siddique, wanted in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt during former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani's rath yatra in was traced to his hideout in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district after being on the run for 30 years, the police said on a native of Tamil Nadu's Nagore, was involved in multiple bomb blasts and communal murders across south India, according to the A reward of Rs 5 lakh had been announced for information leading to his arrest. Along with him, another fugitive, Mohammed Ali, also known as Yunus or Mansoor, from Tirunelveli, was also arrested. Ali had been absconding for 26 years.'They were involved in several bomb blasts and communal murders and had evaded arrest for three decades,' the police said in a statement. The arrests were made following a tip-off, with support from central intelligence agencies that had been tracking them for is an accused in several high-profile terror cases including the 1995 bomb blast at the Hindu Munnani office in Chennai, a parcel bomb explosion the same year in Nagore that killed Hindu right-wing activist T Muthukrishnan, and the 1999 coordinated bomb planting at the Chennai Police Commissioner's office, Egmore, and six other locations including Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore and parts of is also a suspect in the 2012 murder of Dr Arvind Reddy in Vellore and the 2013 bomb blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, associate Mohammed Ali was wanted in connection with the 1999 bomb-planting incidents in Tamil Nadu and will be produced before a judicial magistrate and remanded, police said.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
